The Cleveland Museum of Art
Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages
Description
This charming scene of a nanny and her three charges extends across four panels meant to be mounted as a folding screen. Pierre Bonnard emulated the solidly colored flat forms of Japanese color woodcut prints, which he collected. He featured the screen in his first solo exhibition at Paris's prestigious Galeries Durand-Ruel in 1896.
Provenance
Edmond Sagot [1857-1917, Lugt 2253/4], Paris; Maurice Le Garrec [1881-1937; Lugt 1766a] Paris, by descent; (C. G. Boerner, New York, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH); Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
137.4 × 47.3 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
2008.31
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947)
Prints • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery